I'd be moving

This is a discussion on I'd be moving within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I have absolutely no idea where this is.... but, wherever this is, I would definitely move.
Seems a sheep farmer was puzzled about the disappearance ...

Indiana Jones doesn't hate snakes as much as I do! I was bit by a watermocassin on my grandfather's farm when I was 11. Not a nice experience. I won't even look at National Geographic unless somebody tears out the snake pictures first!

Talk about being freaked out. I came home from work and noticed my black labs going crazy. There was a a pine snake in the house. I swear it was at least 2 1/2 feet long. I threw a towel over it and tossed it outside.
I hate snakes, but being in the middle of nowhere, they keep the rats and mice in check.

Ok people, and now for the real bad news. If some sheep disappeared in a period of couple of weeks or more, the farmer has not caught all the culprits. A snake that big eating a sheep would take a couple of weeks to digest. So, or there is another type or predator or ... <shiver> there is more babies like that in his farm.

Ok people, and now for the real bad news. If some sheep disappeared in a period of couple of weeks or more, the farmer has not caught all the culprits. A snake that big eating a sheep would take a couple of weeks to digest. So, or there is another type or predator or ... <shiver> there is more babies like that in his farm.

Miggy, That's what I was thinking. That's why I asked how many and how long. Something as big as a sheep I'd still bet on months between meals as opposed to weeks.

Ok people, and now for the real bad news. If some sheep disappeared in a period of couple of weeks or more, the farmer has not caught all the culprits. A snake that big eating a sheep would take a couple of weeks to digest. So, or there is another type or predator or ... <shiver> there is more babies like that in his farm.

Well, thanks for that thought Now I'm really gonna have nightmares. Unfortunately, I fear Miggy's made an excellent point here.

Just FYI: Florida now has a viable breeding population of Burmese Pythons. They've found them in the wild as large as 200lbs. People buy these when they're little as pets, and just release them when they get too big for the average person to handle.

We have a breeding population of Nile Monitors like the one below happily living in the everglades as well.

Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. It's worth it.

And by the way, they have a nasty temperament and will bite if bothered. They do not have poison but the bacterial flora in their mouth will make you wish they were poisonous. When I was in college many moons ago I was involved with a zoological preservation area and they would bring us animals that were found in urban areas. One that was brought was a 10 foot anaconda and that baby was mean as a mother-in-law. What freaked the hell out of me (besides my natural hatred of snakes) was the way she snapped her jaws at anybody who got close and how frigging fast it was. She got loose and took a lassoo and 6 guys (one of them a snake expert) to bring her into some sort of control.